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ArticleCancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society2024

Association between dichotomized VASARI feature and overall survival in glioblastoma patients: a single-institution propensity score matching analysis.

Yu Han, Yu-Yao Wang, Yang Yang, Shu-Qi Qiao, Zhi-Cheng Liu, Guang-Bin Cui, Lin-Feng Yan

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Yu Han *Department of Radiology & Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Lab of Shaanxi Province, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Medical University, 569 Xinsi Road, Xi'an, 710038, Shaanxi Province, China.
Yu-Yao Wang *Department of Radiology & Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Lab of Shaanxi Province, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Medical University, 569 Xinsi Road, Xi'an, 710038, Shaanxi Province, China.
Yang YangDepartment of Radiology & Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Lab of Shaanxi Province, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Medical University, 569 Xinsi Road, Xi'an, 710038, Shaanxi Province, China.
Shu-Qi QiaoDepartment of Radiology & Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Lab of Shaanxi Province, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Medical University, 569 Xinsi Road, Xi'an, 710038, Shaanxi Province, China.
Zhi-Cheng LiuDepartment of Radiology, The 987th Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force, People's Liberation Army, 45# Dongfeng Road, Jintai District, Baoji, 721004, Shaanxi Province, China.
Guang-Bin CuiDepartment of Radiology & Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Lab of Shaanxi Province, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Medical University, 569 Xinsi Road, Xi'an, 710038, Shaanxi Province, China. cgbtd@126.com.
Lin-Feng YanDepartment of Radiology & Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Lab of Shaanxi Province, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Medical University, 569 Xinsi Road, Xi'an, 710038, Shaanxi Province, China. ylf8342@163.com.

Funding

Clinical Innovation and Treatment Capacity Enhancement Program of Tangdu Hospital 2022TDLCTS09the National Natural Science Foundation of China 82102127Youth Autonomous Innovation Science Fund of Tangdu Hospital 2023ATDQN014
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objectivesThis study aimed to investigate the intra- and inter-observer consistency of the Visually Accessible Rembrandt Images (VASARI) feature set before and after dichotomization, and the association between dichotomous VASARI features and the overall survival (OS) in glioblastoma (GBM) patients.

methodsThis retrospective study included 351 patients with pathologically confirmed IDH1 wild-type GBM between January 2016 and June 2022. Firstly, VASARI features were assessed by four radiologists with varying levels of experience before and after dichotomization. Cohen's kappa coefficient (κ) was calculated to measure the intra- and inter-observer consistency. Then, after adjustment for confounders using propensity score matching, Kaplan-Meier curves were used to compare OS differences for each dichotomous VASARI feature. Next, patients were randomly stratified into a training set (n = 211) and a test set (n = 140) in a 3:2 ratio. Based on the training set, Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was adopted to develop combined and clinical models to predict OS, and the performance of the models was evaluated with the test set.

resultsEleven VASARI features with κ value of 0.61-0.8 demonstrated almost perfect agreement after dichotomization, with the range of κ values across all readers being 0.874-1.000. Seven VASARI features were correlated with GBM patient OS. For OS prediction, the combined model outperformed the clinical model in both training set (C-index, 0.762 vs. 0.723) and test set (C-index, 0.812 vs. 0.702).

conclusionThe dichotomous VASARI features exhibited excellent inter- and intra-observer consistency. The combined model outperformed the clinical model for OS prediction.

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Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaPropensity ScoreAdultAgedFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedObserver VariationRetrospective StudiesGlioblastomaMagnetic resonance imagingOverall survivalVisually accessible rembrandt images

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